Dutch police break cyber crime ring

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The botnet infected over 30 million computers before it was taken down

The man behind the attack was arrested this morning The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has taken a dangerous botnet out of circulation, following the arrest of its mastermind this morning. The bo...

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